The Game of War by Glen Dahlgren

Genre: YA Fantasy

BACK OF THE BOOK:

Never meet your heroes. Especially if they’re dead.

One such hero is Dantess’ grandfather, a priest of War whose legend was born from a lifetime of glorious battles. Every day, fifteen-year-old Dantess trains to be just like his idol, hoping to join War’s temple.

Only, his father sees the temple not as a hero’s forge, but a grinder of idealistic souls like his son’s. He forbids Dantess entry, but one rebellious act lands his father inside, a prisoner of the very god he despises.

Now Dantess faces a gut-wrenching choice: watch his father rot in War’s dungeon, or become the monster his father fears—a priest whose extraordinary powers come from the God of War himself. Using those abilities in the temple’s brutal arena, the Game of War, is the only path to freedom.

Dreams of glory curdle into a reality of blood and betrayal. Visions of his dead grandfather whisper dark secrets, twisting the priest’s legacy into a web of lies. Can Dantess forge his own path or will his grandfather’s hidden darkness claim him too?

If you like your epic young adult fantasy with a real edge, enter the Game of War, where Shadow and Bone meets the Game of Thrones in a heart-pounding battle for survival. Anyone craving action, magic, and a hero pushed to the brink should click “Buy Now” to begin the journey.

REVIEW:

A fantasy read I could not put down and has made me want to dive straight into the next book of the series. Glen Dahlgren has achieved so much in this prequel book. amazing character development that had be routing for a couple of them every step of the way, but also creating an incredible villain that had me shouting wanting Dantess to have his vengeance. 

The book also delivers many twists involving what I thought would be main characters and these twists were a shock to me and ones I never saw coming and was shocked by but having finished the book I realise these twists were needed for the development of Dantess.

A must-read for all fantasy fans out there. 

BUY LINKS:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-War-Dantess-Warrior-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B098RXYHGF/ref=sr_1_1

https://www.amazon.com/Game-War-Dantess-Warrior-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B098RXYHGF/ref=sr_1_1

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